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East Rockaway High School seniors take Rock Rivalry [Photo gallery]

The seniors at East Rockaway High School earned the coveted Cup last weekend during the school's 74th annual Rock Rivalry competition. Points were tallied and included Sports Night, Entrance, mural, backdrop, scriptwriting, choreography, band, lighting, sound, etc. The seniors' score tied for one other class in the history of RR for having the most points in its 74-year history. All of the classes did wonderfully, with entertaining and orginal skits and songs. more

Mary Malloy | 3/24/10

Families visit Long Island Children's Museum to celebrate the arrival of Ringling Bros. Circus [Photo gallery]

Scenes from Long Island Children's Museum's "Elephant Walk" on Monday, March 15. more

3/19/10

Civilians find the whole thing quite bizarre - Award-winning column

Well, here I go again. Life is just not busy enough for me, what with writing, reporting, editing, teenagers, curfews, mortgage and such — but I am honing my thespian chops now in “On … more

Mary Malloy | 3/17/10

Julie Sheehan Bergin sent the Herald this snowy yard picture.

Herald readers' snow photos [Photo gallery]

Local residents sent us their view of the snowstorm. more

2/26/10

Dig that snow! [Photo gallery]

The latest snowstorm -- which is continuing on through Friday evening -- left almost a foot of snow for residents to shovel, drive through, and, in some cases, play in. more

Mary Malloy | 2/26/10

South Shore begins digging out [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Blasted by the snow, again [Photo gallery]

Yet another storm has reminded us that northeast winters can be brutal. This latest blast began Thursday afternoon in Nassau as rain, then heavy rain, and then as temperatures fell, morphed into snowflakes. Inch-by-stormy-inch, the snow piled up overnight to near a foot or so in western Nassau to somewhat less in mid- and eastern parts of the county. more

2/26/10

Andrew Riggio, 11, helps clear snow from his parents' car in Valley Stream.

Snow continues to fall [Photo gallery]

Just as most of the snow from the last storm had melted, a winter storm moved across Long Island Thursday night and into Friday, dumping about a foot of new snow. more

2/26/10

Robert O'Brien clears snow from the front of his home on Rockaway Parkway in Valley Stream.

Another snow day [Photo gallery]

Snow began on the South Shore Thursday afternoon and continued through Friday, closing all schools in the area. more

2/26/10

A Rear mirror view of Atlantic Avenue in East Rockaway.

Recovering from the storm [Photo gallery]

Thursday was dig-out day throughout the South Shore after a near-blizzard smacked the area from late Tuesday through early Thursday morning. Almost a foot and a half of heavy, wet snow pressed down on roofs, cars, streets and parks, closing schools for most students and bringing shoveling chores to most adults. Nassau County Police Commissioner Lawrence W. Mulvey has announced that for the thirty one hour period from 12:01 a.m. Feb. 10, through 7 a.m. Feb. 11, there were 190 auto accidents in the Nassau County. Of those, 34 resulted in injuries. more

2/10/10